tannée
\ta.ne\
The verdict
“tannée” is uncommon French (frequency #51,774 among 164,488 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,774
- frequency rank, French
- 164,488
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Vieux tan qui a déjà servi à préparer des peaux, et que les jardiniers emploient à faire des couches et à couvrir des plates-bandes.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tannée |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ta.ne\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #51,774 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tannée” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tannée is uncommon French at frequency #51,774 among 164,488 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ta.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for tannée, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is tannée, spelled T-A-N-N-É-E.
Definition
- 1Vieux tan qui a déjà servi à préparer des peaux, et que les jardiniers emploient à faire des couches et à couvrir des plates-bandes.
- 2Série de coups violents portés à une personne ou un animal.
- 3Défaite sévère ou humiliante.
- 4Difficulté, galère
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “tannée”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-A-N-N-É-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ta.ne\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.